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670 OCCUPATIONAL. TUMORS AND ALLIED DISEASES RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS
I. Uranium-Radium Series
Name of Element
Half-Time Value
Type of Rays
Uranium I Uranium Xi Uranium Xs, Uranium II Uranium Y Ionium Radium Radon (Radium-emanation) Radium A Radium B Radium C Radium Cj Radium Cj Radium D Radium E Radium F (Polonium)
Radium G (Radium-lead) (ordinary lead)
4.67X10* Years
24.6 Days
1.15 Minutes
2X10* Years
25 Hours 6.9X104 Years
1690 Years
3-85
3
26.8
Days Minutes Minutes
I9-S Minutes IO-8 Seconds
1.32 Minutes
l6 Years
5 Days 136 Days
alpha
beta-gamma beta-gamma alpha beta alpha alpha-beta alpha alpha
beta-gamma beta-gamma (alpha?) alpha beta beta-gamma beta-gamma alpha
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Atomic Weight
238.2 234
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234 '
230 225.97 222 218 214 214 214 210 210 210
206 207.2
II. Actinium Series
Name of Element
Half-Time Value
Type of Rays
Atomic Weight
Uranium Y Proactinium Actinium Radioactinium Actinium X Actinon (Actinium-emanation)
Actinium A Actinium B Actinium C Actinium Ci Actinium Cj Actinium D (Actinium-lead)
I.O4
1.2X104 20
I9-S 11.4
3-92
. 0.002 36.1
2.15 0.005
4-76
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Days Years Years Days days Seconds Seconds Minutes Minutes Seconds
Minutes
beta alpha (beta) alpha-beta gamma alpha alpha alpha beta-gamma alpha-(beta) alpha beta-gamma
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approximately 230 " 226 226 222 218 214 210 210 210 206 206
III. Thorium Series
Name of Element
Half-Time Value
Type of Rays
Thorium Mesothorium I Mesothorium II Radiothorium Thorium X Thoron (Thorium-emanation) Thorium A Thorium B Thorium C Thorium Q Thorium C2 Thorium D (Thorium-lead)
1.31X1010 Years
6.7 Years
6.2 Hours
1-9 Years
3-64
Days
54-5 Seconds
0.14 Seconds
10.6 Hours
60.8 .
Minutes
IO-11
Seconds
3-i Minutes
alpha (beta) beta-gamma alpha-beta alpha alpha alpha beta-gamma alpha-gamma alpha beta-gamma
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Atomic Weight
232.15 228 228 228 224 220 216 212 212 212 208 208